Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Why the West Loves Lying to Itself About Islam ~ by Daniel Greenfield at Sultan Knish. Revealing insight into the Left’s fascination with naked emperors. “It’s not insanity; it’s the term that rhymes with a certain river in Egypt.”
 
New Study Thoroughly Debunks Global Warming, Will Media Notice? Yes. As soon as pigs take to the air.

 
Never a vulture in Mitt’s venture ~ The truth about Romney’s record that the Prez and his minions want you to ignore. They don’t want you to see this either: Romney’s Old Company Is The Best Employer In America.
Oh, and then there’s this ~ Obama Took Cash From Bain Outsourcing Execs.

 
Is Janet Napolitano Gunning for Rush Limbaugh’s Job by Executive Order? ~ Big Sis gets authority to commandeer the airwaves?
 

Salad Days of the Public Sector Are Over ~
It’s a vicious cycle:

Rising deficits and debts force new tax hikes and new cuts in schools, cops and firemen. Residents see the town going down, and pack and leave.
 
This further reduces the tax base and further enlarges the deficit.
 
Then the process begins anew.
 
This is what is happening in Spain and Greece, which have reached the early 1930s stage of rioting and the rise of radical parties.

 
The Current Cowardly Church Needs a Mega Dose of the Rebel Spirit ~ The original apostles were revolutionaries. Speaking the truth isn’t for the timid!